Media Components

Video

WIDE ANGLE:
Thirteen/WNET New York’s weekly series of one-hour international documentaries, hosted by Bill Moyers. Learn about the struggles of Scottish fishing families to maintain their way of living under the new policies of the European Union.

Web sites

• Estimating Fish Populations
  http://cybersalmon.fws.gov/ Curious about how scientists estimate populations of fish? Try this activity, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• The Decline of the Fishing industry
  http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=1366
  This article provides helpful background information about the issues facing the Scottish fishing industry.
• Europe’s New Fishing Policy
  http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/what_we_do/
  policy_events/common_fisheries_policy.cfm
  From the World Wildlife Fund, this article sheds light on the rationale for destroying fishing boats.
• “Whitefish fleet braced for bad news on quotas”, The Scotsman
  http://business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=15&id=1209422004
  An article by Frank Urquhart detailing the 2004 quotas imposed by European ministers.
• “Enough is enough, says Brocklebank”, The Buchan Observer
  http://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_46/fishing/brocklebank.asp
  This article describes the clash between Brocklebank, a Scottish Conservative Fisheries spokesperson, and Scottish Fisheries Minister, Ross Finnie.
• “EU agrees fishing quotas for 2005”, BBC News
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4116887.stm
  Details the Eurpoean Unions 2005 fishing quotas and includes viewpoints from environmentalists.
• “Individual Fishing Quotas: A Win-Win Tool for Fisheries and Fishermen”, Environmental Defense
  http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?ContentID=1973
  A Question and Answer piece with Environmental Defense marine ecologist Dr. Rod Fujita.
• “Icelandic Policy Combats Declining Fish Populations”, from the Voice of America News
  http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2005-04-01-voa74.cfm
  Reviews the fishing quotas from Iceland with insights from fishermen and environmentalists.
• “EU Common Fisheries Policy”, World Wildlife Fund
  http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/what_we_do/
  policy_events/common_fisheries_policy.cfm
  This article sheds light on the rationale for destroying fishing boats.
• “Fish populations decline in region”, The Boston Globe
  http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/07/08/
  fish_populations_decline_in_region/
  Tells the story of how fish are counted in New England and although they are finding declining numbers there are no obvious explanations.
• “High Tech Methods Decimating Fish Populations”, Environmental News Service
  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/innews/tech2002.html
  Reports on a study that is finding new, high tech fishing methods are having detrimental affects on fish populations.

Materials

Per Class:

• Chalkboard, whiteboard, or poster paper
• Appropriate writing utensil for your writing surface
• Copies of appropriate videos
• VCR/TV

Per Student:

• Copy of Student Organizers #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5
• Pen or Pencil